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Down and out in May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
May's over. It's done, dusted, it's obituary is written and save for the diehard bulls - and perhaps, Warren (of the "be greedy when others are fearful" fame), best forgotten. Just our luck 'ey Virginia, the euro tragedy did a replay last month, giving ...

Show me the stats

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2012
Think somebody forgot to remind the Australian stock market that we're still in May. Sell, sell, sell in May remember? The All Ordinaries index jumped just a few points shy of a full percent yesterday despite a negative lead in the final day of trading ...

Coin toss

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2012
Now look at that! Wall Street and most European stock markets ended on the plus side last week despite that nagging Grexit feeling - and its potential to be followed by an Irexit, Portexit, Spanexit and Italexit - that'll culminate in a eurozone kaboom. ...

AFA and TAL launch Female Excellence in Advice Award

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2012
In an effort to celebrate women in advice leadership roles, TAL in conjunction with the Association of Financial Advisers has launched the second Female Excellence in Advice Award. The Award recognises female financial advisers who are making a significant ...

Mercer builds adviser reach

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2012
Mercer has increased its adviser reach following ANZ's appointment of the provider to its Australian Wealth and Private Banking businesses. ANZ's move to Mercer has the potential to push the provider up a spot to number four in terms of market reach ...

AMP results show strong growth for products

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2012
AMP released its first quarter results to 31 March 2012 today, showing strong growth for both AMP Flexible Super and North Platform. AMP Financial Services (AFS) net cash outflows were $292 million for the quarter, compared to net cash outflows of $331 ...

Scare me not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2012
Hang on to your hats folks, cause here we go again. Back to extrapolating current gloom into doom and forgetting that these were exactly the ones that provided good entry points in the markets. The scaredy cats are running for the hills again. Want ...

Bumps along the way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
US Payrolls. What is it good for? Absolutely nothing. Yes Virginia, the greatly speculated, the much awaited, the indicator that'll set the tone in the financial markets over the next four weeks, that mother of all eco stats -- the US Non-farm Payrolls ...

Stay or stay away this May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012
... the envelope calculation shows that investors would have gained 16.6% in 2010 if they went away in May and came back in October - more than the 12.8% gained if they stayed invested for the full year. In 2011, it was a spectacular 19.6% return against ...

netwealth unbundles super

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
netwealth has become the latest provider to unbundle its super offer with the launch of a next generation product to tailor investment and insurance requirements to the desired fee level. Matt Heine, executive director at netwealth investments said ...